Tufted mattress



Ratented Dec. 1929` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- LOUIS E. HTTONI, OF JAMAICA, NEW YORK, AssIGNOR To THE ROME COMPANY, INC.,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK TUFTED MATTRESS Application filed May 17,

It necessary to tuft mattresses' in order to hold the vfilling material and prevent it from slipping and causing the mattress to be lumpy. Experience has demonstrated that certain distributions of the tuftings are desirable. lVhen a mattress is'tufted in such a manner, however, unless the ticking be of a plain solid color, an inartistic effect is produced because the design of the exposed tufts 1o does not harmonize with the design in the fabric.

The object of the present invention is to produce'a tufted mattress, in which the tufts and the design in the fabric or ticking cooperate to produce a harmonious whole.

In carrying out my invention I employ a ticking or other material suitable for covering mattresses having a design of such a pattern that the effect thereof will be enhanced, instead of being marred, by the tufting. For example, the pattern of the lfabric may be a oral design in which at least some of the iowers are so distributed that the depressions produced by tufting form cups in the flowers.

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but', for a full understandingof my invention and of its objects and advantages. reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying` drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a plan View of a mattress arranged in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view of one corner of the mattress` on a larger scale; and Fig. 3 is a,section on line 3 3 ofFig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents a mattress in which the tufts are to be placed in transverse rows of four alternating with 'transverse rows containing three. The top cover 2 of the mattress is provided with.a design containing owers 3 distributed in ac. cordance with the tufting pattern. Consequently, when the mattress istufted by drawing the top and bottom `toward each otherat the proper points by means of threads or cords Je to the ends of which, on the outside of the mattress, are secured tufts 5 and 6,

Y In any event, whether the pattern be a floral 1928. `Serial No. 278,612.

depressions 7 will be formed -at the centers of the flowers. In other words, the owers will be provided with cups, in which lie the tufts, so`that the Hor-al design will appear in relief instead of in aflat plane andthe mattressg will be very attractive in appearance.. .The tufts may be in the form of bunches of fibres,

or buttons, and they may be of 'any desired color, depending on the nature of the owers. so design o r something else, the size, shape and color of, and the' character of the materials in the tuftswill be selected with aA view to `harmonizing with or completing 4'the color scheme of the pattern; the result being a complete harmonizing of the tufting and the pattern of the fabric to give a neat, artistic appearance.

While I have illustrated and described with particularity yonly a single preferred from of my invention, I do not desire to be limitedto the exact structural details thus illustrated and described; but intend to cover all forms and arrangements which come within the definitions of my invention constituting 7 the appended claims.

' I claim: 1. A mattress having on top a cover containing a design parts of which are adapted to be accentuated when the cover is depressed'- S0 in the areas of such parts, and tufting means extending through the mattress in such areas and serving to hold portions of said areas depressed. A

2. A mattress having a cover Provided with 5' a decorative design containing iowers, and

tufting means for the mattress extending .through the flowers and depressingthe cover toform cups for the flowers.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

LOUIS E. PITTONI. 

